Is ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ More Than a Moneymaker? | Button Mash

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Ben and Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge hop in the warp pipe to discuss the latest Mario movie: how the sequel compares to its predecessor, how it does and doesn’t adapt the ‘Galaxy’ games, the divide between critical reaction and popular appeal, Nintendo’s cinematic ambitions and the prospect of an NCU, how the movie connects to the Switch 2’s lineup, and a few observations (in a special spoiler section of the episode) about specific cameos and reveals. Intro (0:00)First thoughts on ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ (2:45)NCU potential (27:20)‘Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ spoilers and observations (59:06)Outro (1:18:53) Host: Ben LindberghGuest: Charles Pulliam-MooreProducer: Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone, it's Amy Polar, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.
0:05.1	In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some advice.
0:10.6	Just be yourself, and the guests will come.
0:13.1	Don't be the celebrity that this is their, like, six things they're doing.
0:16.1	I love true crime and cooking podcasts.
0:19.3	Is there any way you could combine the two?
0:21.6	Well, everyone has an opinion and a podcast. So, join me for good hang. It's rough out there.
0:27.6	We're just trying to lighten it up a little. Hello and welcome into The Ringerverse, your nexus feed for all things fandom.
0:49.9	It's a me, Ben Lindberg, senior editor at The Ringer and Button Mash host, rejoined today by Charles
0:55.8	William Moore, who reviewed the movie for The Verge. What movie is that? Obviously, the Super
1:01.7	Mario Galaxy movie. What other movie could it be? And I'm going to begin, I'm going to tee you up,
1:06.5	Charles, by reading the first sentence from your bio at the verge.
1:14.0	Charles Pulliamore is a film and TV writer for The Verge,
1:15.6	focusing on genre entertainment and how disparate fandom-specific conversations
1:18.2	coalesce into what we know as the discourse.
1:22.1	Charles, would you care to do some discourse today?
1:25.2	Oh, goodness. What am I not discoursing?
1:27.1	I know.
1:27.9	Let's have some fandom-specific conversations.
1:29.9	How does that sound?
1:31.5	So we conversed about Pokemon Pocopia on Butt-Mesh last month.
1:36.5	How's your Pocopia journey proceeding?
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